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Photo by: Charles Knight. Copyright: NRL Photos. (It’s taken them a long time, but the Broncos believe they’ve finally worked out how to get the best out of James Roberts). The Broncos announced the retention of Roberts to a long-term deal on Thursday morning that not only provides stability for the oft-troubled right centre but gives Brisbane try-scoring potency they believe can help break their 11-year premiership drought.”The club is proud of the support we have shown James, but also the responsibility he has taken on to earn this new contract,” said Broncos CEO Paul White.”The long-term nature of the contract is a show of faith by the Broncos in James, but also by James in the Broncos.”After arriving from the Gold Coast Titans on the back of a 16-try season in 2015, it took Roberts time to adjust to his new scenery, scoring just three tries in his first 11 games at the Broncos in 2016 as he looked to find his place in Brisbane’s attacking setup. It was a steady start that summed up much of his first year at the club, with patches of brilliance overshadowed by his inability to stay in the contest for the full 80 minutes.But 2017 has seen dramatic improvement in the former Titan and Roberts has been at his destructive best over the past two weeks, running for 170 metres or more against the Newcastle Knights and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, but that is not where his standout statistics end. The 24-year-old has also amassed four line breaks, 14 tackle breaks and three tries in his past two matches as he enters the best form of his Broncos career. Those three tries put him at 13 for the year, four more than he achieved in the whole 2016 season and just three behind his impressive haul in 2015. The man they call ‘Jimmy the Jet’ is now arguably Brisbane’s most damaging attacking threat and winger Jordan Kahu puts this down to his Broncos teammates altering the way in which they get Roberts the ball. “Having such a strike weapon with Jimmy out there you do obviously want to get him the ball but we were just throwing it to him willy-nilly when it kind of wasn’t on and just expecting him to do something,” Kahu said.”We know now when to give him the ball and his fitness levels have really improved. He’s been damaging at the latter end of each half [because of that]. “His fitness was worked on a lot and I think it is really starting to show with his energy on the field. He’s always communicating with me and his fitness is at another level.”Halfback Ben Hunt spends much of his time on Brisbane’s right edge, providing Roberts with plenty of his try-scoring carries. But Hunt himself admitted to forcing the ball to Roberts both last year and in the early stages of this season, something he has rectified in recent weeks. “The thing we’ve learnt with Jimmy is that we don’t really want to force the ball to him. We’ve got to let the game flow and once we get going into the game a bit we’ll find ways to get the ball out to his edge,” Hunt said. “We’ve just got to play our game first and if we get going through the middle and do all the right things through there the ball’s going to get to him in the right positions.”There were a couple of games where there were a few centres he was coming up against we knew he could do a pretty good job on and we were just trying to force the ball to him early and just not getting it to him in the right ways.”But perhaps the biggest influence on Roberts’ form has been his life outside of football. After a number of off-field issues over his career, Roberts has finally settled down and entered a positive headspace that has allowed him to play his best football. Kahu spends a lot of time with Roberts both on and off the field and he said he has seen a noticeable change in his teammate. “It’s a lot to do with [his headspace] as well. He’s sorted a lot of stuff off the field and it’s showing on the field,” Kahu said. read more

PEACE RIVER, B.C. – The Fort St. John Killbillies were back in action this weekend with a double-header in Peace River.The team took on the Whitecourt Hot Rollers and the Grimshaw Grim Reapers. The first game was against Whitecourt, which the Killbillies won 221-73. The Killbillies took on Grimshaw in the second game and won 168-42.The MVP of the first game was the newest member of the team “Junkyard”, and the second game’s MVP was awarded to “Nutshell”. With the two wins, the Killbillies are now 3-0 to start the season.- Advertisement –“Junkyard” after winning her first ever MVP award with the Killbillies. Photo by Energetic City Roller Derby Association Facebook Page.Up next, the Killbillies will host Grimshaw and Whitecourt for a series of bouts on May 26th.read more

Wednesday was the final day for competition at the Canadian Single Distance Speekstaking Championship meet in Richmond. In the final event the mens 10,000 metre race. Fort St. John’s Jay Morrision finished with a time of 14:10.05. That was good enough for 4th place. First went to Lucas Makowsky of Regina with a time of 13:54.33. Jordan Belchos of Toronto came in second and Mathieu Giroux, Montreal third.- Advertisement –

Twin Towns Community Gardens in association with DLDC invites you to an Open Day next Saturday from 12pm to 4pm.The garden is located beside the HSE building in Ballybofey at the car-park near the river.There will also be a Car Boot sale, tables will cost €10 and can be booked by phoning Caroline on 087 7618824The event will include live music, face painting, a raffle, lucky dip, BBQ, explore the gardens. Proceeds go towards providing schools with resources related to gardening, such as “How the Garden Grows”, and the Twin Towns Community Gardens up-keep.Twin Towns Community Gardens to host open day was last modified: August 19th, 2016 by Elaine McCalligShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:BallybofeyDLDCGardeningtwin townstwin towns community gardensread more

Transition Year students at Colaiste Ailigh, Letterkenny, are puttingthe sparkle into Christmas with a Pop Up Cinema festive night at themovies.A special big-screen showing of seasonal family favourite Elf isshowing at the Regional Cultural Centre on Thursday evening.The event is the first of the Pop Up Cinema highlights, a TransitionYear mini-company. Doors open 6.30 and tickets are priced at €6 for adults, €4 forchildren with a family ticket (two adults and two children) for €15.Admission includes hot chocolate and marsmallows.A special guest (all the way from the North Pole) is also expected to give a festive introduction to the evening.For advance booking call the Regional Cultural Centre 07491 29186 oremail popupcinemalk@gmail.com HAVE ONE ‘ELF’ OF A NIGHT OUT AT POP-UP CINEMA was last modified: December 10th, 2012 by BrendaShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:HAVE ONE ‘ELF’ OF A NIGHT OUT AT POP-UP CINEMAread more

A group set up to examine a report into the latest flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital will publish its findings by the end of this month.Letterkenny General HospitalAn interim report into flooding at the hospital was considered by the Letterkenny Hospital Rebuild Steering Group on Friday Sept 26.The Steering Group expects to be in a position to publish the results of the investigation near end October, when the full report and all related documentation will be made available to the public. On Friday Oct 3rd, the Chair of the Letterkenny Hospital Rebuild Steering Group, Bill Maher, Group Chief Executive of the West/North West Hospitals Group, and the Chair of the Investigation Team, John Browner, Assistant National Director, HSE Estates, shared progress to date with local public representatives and consulted with them on the next steps that are being taken as the report is being brought to a conclusion.The meeting was also attended by the interim chair of the West/North West Hospitals Group, Dr John Killeen; non-executive director of the West/North West Hospitals Group, Donegal solicitor, Sharon Moohan; the general manager of Letterkenny General Hospital, Séan Murphy; HSE Estates Manager Mike Bermingham; and Facilities Manager, LGH, Peter Byrne.Mr Fergal Doherty, Area Manager, Roads & Transportation, represented Donegal County Council at the meeting.The public representatives were updated on the investigations and remedial works that are taking place within the grounds of Letterkenny General Hospital and the investigations that are being conducted or identified as necessary outside of the hospital grounds so that the risk of flooding at the hospital can be eliminated or reduced into the future. Mr Bill Maher, Group Chief Executive of the West/North West Hospitals Group, stated, “We had a very constructive meeting and valuable input from the public representatives.”He thanked Deputy Charlie McConalogue TD, Deputy Joe McHugh TD, Cllr. Ciaran Brogan, Cllr. Gerry Crawford, Cllr. James Pat McDaid and Cllr Bernard McGuinness for their attendance. FINDINGS OF HOSPITAL FLOOD INVESTIGATION TO BE PUBLISHED AT END OF MONTH was last modified: October 7th, 2014 by StephenShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:donegalfloodLetterkenny General Hospitalread more

Groups in Donegal are being invited to apply for funding to Donegal County Council under two grant schemes which are currently open and seeking applicants.The Donegal Culture & Creativity Grants Scheme and the Local Legacies 1919/2019 grant scheme are offering sums of €1,500 and €1,000 respectively to suitable candidates.The Donegal Culture & Creativity Grants Scheme 2019 is offering 12 grants of €1,500 each to projects that encourage cooperation and collaboration between communities and heritage specialists, artists, culture professionals and/or creative industries to preserve, conserve, research, practice, exhibit, perform, instruct, engage, enhance, promote or address an aspect of the material or non-material culture in an original, imaginative or creative way. The Local Legacies 1919/2019 grant scheme aims to support authentic commemoration that is accepting of differing perspectives of our shared history and promotes respectful remembrance and reconciliation. A total of €10,000 is available with grants of up to €1,000 considered per application for projects that meet the set criteria.Projects funded under this grant scheme will address an aspect of the history of the remaining Decade of Centenaries (1918-1923) in an imaginative, innovative or creative way and will encourage the exploration and understanding of this historical period and promote respectful remembrance and reconciliation. Projects will also encourage community engagement and/or inter-generational exploration of the period.These funding opportunities are being made available through the Creative Ireland programme which is supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht and Donegal County Council and the closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 7 June 2019 at 12 noon.For more information on both grant schemes visit http://www.donegallibrary.ie/photoslider/grants/ Culture, creative and local legacy initiatives encouraged to apply for grants was last modified: May 24th, 2019 by Rachel McLaughlinShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:Decade of Centenaries (Donegal County CouncilDonegal Culture & Creativity Grants SchemegrantsLocal Legacies 1919/2019read more

Promoter Frank Warren announces that Wembley Arena will stage the 16 March show featuring George Groves’ fight for the European super-middleweight title. Groves, from Hammersmith, beat Paul Smith in two rounds at the same venue in November 2011. (Video courtesy of iFilm London)See also:Groves to fight for title at Wembley ArenaTrio in action on Groves’ Wembley bill Groves lining up world title challengeGroves warned ahead of title showdownTrainer Booth discusses George Groves’ European title fightGroves ready to add European belt to his title 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 Follow West London Sport on TwitterFind us on Facebookread more

Ray Maota Gauteng premier, Nomvula Mokonyane; the minister of justice and constitutional development, Jeff Radebe; and, President Jacob Zuma look at one of the 10 pillars at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, in Soweto, where the Freedom Charter was born. One of the pillars of the Freedom Charter is that “all shall enjoy equal human rights” which was being commemorated at the event. (Images: Ray Maota) MEDIA CONTACTS • Tlali Tlali Ministerial Spokesperson +27 82 333 3880 RELATED ARTICLES • Cash boost for Baartman memorial • Remembering Sharpeville’s heroes • Sharpeville remembered • SA judge UN Human Rights headThe commemoration of Human Rights Day in South Africa this year coincided with the 16th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic, which gives full expression to its democratic ideals.This year’s official observances were attended by President Jacob Zuma on 21 March at Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in Kliptown, in Soweto.Also at the event were the Congress of the People (Cope) president, Mosioua Lekota; the deputy president of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe; the City of Joburg mayor, Parks Tau; the Gauteng premier, Nomvula Mokonyane; and the minister of justice and constitutional development, Jeff Radebe.Although there was much debate about why the official gathering was held in Soweto instead of Sharpeville, where the massacre took place in 1960, Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown also holds much significance for the day.Keith Khoza, the spokesperson for the African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa, said: “South Africans must accept that Sharpeville is a shared history. South Africans lost fellow South Africans … It is a lesson to all South Africans that what happened [in Sharpeville] should not happen today.”Lekota also said that Human Rights Day was for all South Africans and not just for a particular area. “When Indians were forcibly removed it was a human rights violation,” said Lekota.In his message of support, he said political parties had a duty to educate South Africans that human rights were not about the Sharpeville and Langa massacres.Walter Sisulu SquareThe square has historical significance as the meeting point of over 3 000 representatives of apartheid resistance organisations on 26 June 1955. This group organised themselves as the Congress of the People and it is here that the Freedom Charter was born.The charter is a document outlining the group’s views on a commitment to a non-racial South Africa. It is characterised by its opening demand: “The people shall govern”.It calls for democracy and human rights for all, land reform, labour rights, and nationalisation. It is the base from which the Constitution of South Africa was derived.The charter spells out that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white; that South Africa will never be prosperous or free until all people live in brotherhood, enjoying equal rights and opportunities; and, only a democratic state, based on the will of all the people, can secure to all their birthright without distinction of colour, race, sex or belief.The square has 10 pillars that document what the intent of the charter. Written on each is one of its 10 clauses: the people shall govern; all national groups shall have equal rights; the people shall share in the country`s wealth; the land shall be shared among those who work it; all shall enjoy equal human rights; all shall be equal before the law; there shall be work and security; the doors of learning and culture shall be opened; there shall be houses, security and comfort; and, there shall be peace and friendship.Paying tribute to those who lost their livesThe commemoration of Human Rights Day on 21 March pays tribute to those who lost their lives in Sharpeville on 21 March 1960, during a peaceful protest against the pass laws.In Kliptown this year, the atmosphere was celebratory, with about 500 people outside the Walter Sisulu Hall and about 150 seated inside.Zuma said: “On this solemn occasion we extend a special greeting to all South Africans who suffered gross human rights violations during colonial oppression and the apartheid period.“In their memory, we worked hard to develop a progressive Constitution of the Republic, which enshrines the human rights of all our people, in a Bill of Rights.”Zuma said that the Constitution had its roots mainly in five documents or processes – the 1923 Bill of Rights, the African Claims of 1943, the Women’s Charter of 1954, the Freedom Charter of 1955 and the ANC’s 1988 Constitutional Principles for a Democratic South Africa.On the day, Lekota, previously an ANC leader and now the head of Cope, a breakaway party, hugged Zuma and reiterated that the day was for all South Africans and not for a single party.Zuma, Tau, Mokonyane and Radebe walked along the square to the 10 pillars, where they read what was enshrined in the Freedom Charter before moving to the hall to address people on the importance of the day.